In This Issue
Garden Re-Leaf Day kicks off the season
Boyd goes 240 miles for Garden Re-Leaf
Garden Re-Leaf Day Fun, Games and Painting
Danny Adamson steps down as Manging Director of William Sinclair Retail Division
CC dismiss fears over Danish trolley shortage
Public support for Tesco/Dobbies joint development in East Kilbride
New Gardman management team appointed to drive growth
The next three weeks are critical for sales
Top buying group to recruit new members
New GIMA Council members announced at annual meeting
Start connecting with the older people of tomorrow - Will Armitage
Homebase is obsessed with gathering data on gardening customers
Glee New Products Showcase open for entries
First ever PVC double-glazed greenhouse launched by Nordic
Garden centre boss resigns after being jailed for 18 months
Activity in the garden leads to sales in centres
Fakenham Garden Centre undergoes £100,000 cafe refurbishment
Darlington garden centre gets go-ahead to expand cafe capacity
Christies of Fochabers on family business awards shortlist
Veg plug plants selling well
New Customer Services Manager for Smart Solar
Compost sales continue to grow
UK team expansion for Bolsius
Bosmere distribute award-winning BioStretch
Hilliers and RHS collaborate on new edition of 'the bible'
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Garden Re-Leaf Day kicks off the season
26 And the first garden Re-Leaf Day Quiz winners in 2014 are The Green Welleys.jpg

Hundreds of garden centres throughout the UK are taking part in Garden Re-Leaf activities this weekend to raise money for Greenfingers and give their sales tills a boost at the start of the season. And the first event to take place was the Garden Re-Leaf Day Celebrity Quiz at Bosworths Nurseries and Garden Centre at Burton Latimer in Northants...
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Boyd goes 240 miles for Garden Re-Leaf
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Boyd Douglas-Davies, the brains behind Garden Re-Leaf, powers his way through 240 miles to raise money for Greenfingers on Garden Re-Leaf Day...


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See Pictures from Ayletts, Fresh@Burcot, Bicester Avenue and Webbs of Wychbold
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Danny Adamson steps down as Manging Director of William Sinclair Retail Division
 
As a result of an internal restructure Danny Adamson has stepped down as Managing Director of the Retail Division for William Sinclair. He had been with the company for six years...
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CC dismiss fears over Danish trolley shortage
'System intact' despite suspected hiccup in The Garden Centre Group's new hub system
Fears that a hiccup in the new delivery hub logistics adopted by The Garden Centre Group would cause a shortage in the garden centre network’s vital plant trolley hire system have been dismissed by the operators...

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Public support for Tesco/Dobbies joint development in East Kilbride
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Plans have been submitted for a Tesco supermarket and Dobbies garden centre to be built together in the first development of its kind in Scotland...
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New Gardman management team appointed to drive growth
 
Gardman CEO Stewart Hainsworth has created an eclectic group of talented managers to deliver the new corporate brand strategy of driving growth in wild bird care and gardening categories...
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The next three weeks are critical for sales


With the weather set fair, GTN Bestsellers is predicting high plant sales levels over the next two weekends so the supply chain will be well and truly tested. In the newly branded Plant Market at Van Hage Peterborough (pictured above), plants have been selling well in the past week...
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Top buying group to recruit new members







Choice Marketing are looking to recruit new garden centre members for the first time for many years...

Left: Sam Bosworth, current chairman of Choice
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New GIMA Council members announced at annual meeting


Garden Industry Manufacturers’ Association Director Vicky Nuttall handed over the GIMA President's chain of office to Bosmere Sales and Marketing Director Steve Millington at the organisation's annual meeting held at Dobbies Milton Keynes on Thursday...

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Start connecting with the older people of tomorrow - Will Armitage


GCA chairman Will Armitage has told the garden industry that it must start connecting with the older people of tomorrow...
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Homebase is obsessed with gathering data on gardening customers
 
Matthew Compton, Homebase Trading Director for Garden & DIY, has admitted that his company is obsessed with customer data, which it uses to shape its marketing and product sales...
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Glee New Products Showcase open for entries




Glee organisers i2i Events say the New Product Showcase for this autumn’s show  is now open for entries...
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First ever PVC double-glazed greenhouse launched by Nordic


Nordic Garden Buildings, a leading manufacturer of free standing PVC garden buildings, has launched the first-ever PVC double glazed greenhouse in the UK market... 
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